{"id":2282,"date":"2013-11-01T06:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T13:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2013-11-01T05:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T12:53:23","slug":"trick-or-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"This is not a trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judy in Disguise, well what you aiming for
\nA-circus of a-horrors, yeah yeah, well that’s what you are
\nYou make me a life of ashes<\/p>\n

–John Fred and His Playboy Band\/Judy In Disguise<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I have always liked Halloween. I love the dressing up.\u00a0 I don’t do drag very often, but it’s not because I don’t love it. I’ve noticed, though, that I tend to essentially do the same thing when I do dress up: big hair,big eyes and a pale face.<\/p>\n

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Clearly, my dream is to have big messy hair and a lot of eyeliner. I want to be a pop star. In the 80’s.<\/p>\n

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Here I am, circa 1999.<\/p>\n

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Me at Halloween<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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And again this year:<\/p>\n

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I still have the fox collar.\u00a0 I could have worn it again.<\/p>\n

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It’s pretty much the same schtick, but I’m a dozen or so years older. Sigh. Older. So what does this say about me? For one thing, it’s says that I really love black eye makeup. Which I totally do.<\/p>\n

I also love big hair. I don’t wear big hair on a regular basis. My hair is normally small and insignificant.\u00a0 I suppose if you’re going to be larger than life, Halloween is the time to do it.<\/p>\n

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But maybe I should try to be larger than life every day…<\/p>\n

I dunno.<\/p>\n

I suppose it’s not so bad to be Real Life Me.<\/p>\n

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Even with small hair and no black eyeliner.<\/p>\n

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Life without a disguise? Now that’s certainly a thought…<\/p>\n

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